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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-06-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet's atmosphere.
PIA26557:
THEMIS Views Mars' Arsia Mons Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Captured by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 4, 2021, this impact crater was found in Cerberus Fossae. Scientists matched its appearance on the surface with a quake detected by NASA's InSight lander.
PIA26518:
HiRISE Views Impact Crater Matching InSight's Seismic Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's InSight Mars lander acquires the same reddish-brown hue as the rest of the planet in a set of images from 2018 to 2024 that were captured by the agency's MRO HiRISE camera.
PIA26515:
HiRISE Studies the Dust on InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024.
PIA26511:
Perseverance's View From 'Lookout Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captured this single image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, on March 11, 2024.
PIA26305:
Odyssey's THEMIS Views Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper flank of Olympus Mons.
PIA26222:
Olympus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper flank of Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system.
PIA26219:
Olympus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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JPL engineer Patrick DeGrosse reviews data from a drop test of a full-size lander footpad with a group of fellow engineers.
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Going Over the Footpad Test Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This setup is being used at JPL to test a 16-inch-diameter (40-centimeter-diameter) footpad for a future Mars lander.
PIA25824:
A Full-Size Footpad Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Morgan Montalvo, another JPL engineer, sets guardrails on the floor below the prototype in a test of a scenario where the lander would stub a toe against a rock while touching down on Mars.
PIA25823:
Setting Guardrails for Mars Lander Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Engineer Abel Dizon explains how drop tests are conducted for a prototype lander being designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Sample Return campaign.
PIA25822:
Testing a Prototype Mars Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-24 Mars InSight
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This artist's concept shows a cutaway of Mars, along with the paths of seismic waves from two separate quakes in 2021. Detected by NASA's InSight mission, these seismic waves were the first ever identified to enter another planet's core.
PIA25827:
InSight Detects Quakes That Entered Martian Core (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 29, 2022 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Hellespontus Montes, a rugged mountain range located on the western rim of one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System: Hellas Basin.
PIA25899:
Waxing and Waning Winds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 31, 2022 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars.
PIA25898:
Candidate Mud Volcanoes in Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Mars InSight
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This is one of the last images ever taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander. Captured on Dec. 11, 2022, the 1,436th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, it shows InSight's seismometer on the Red Planet's surface.
PIA25680:
One of InSight's Last Images
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-27 Mars InSight
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This video includes a seismogram and sonification of the signals recorded by NASA's InSight Mars lander, which detected a giant meteoroid strike on Dec. 24, 2021, the 1,094th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25582:
NASA's InSight Records the Sound of a Martian Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration depicts the Mars Earth Entry System for the Mars Sample Return campaign. The system would contain the orbiting sample inside a disk-shaped vehicle with a heat shield for safe entry through the Earth's atmosphere.
PIA25336:
Mars Earth Entry System Aeroshell at Entry (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The beige clouds seen in this global map of Mars are a continent-size dust storm captured on Sept. 29, 2022, by the Mars Color Imager camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA25412:
Mars Dust Storm in Relation to InSight, Curiosity and Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was first detected by the agency's InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on Aug. 30, 2021.
PIA25411:
InSight-Detected Impact in August 2021
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was later associated with a seismic event detected by the agency's InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on May 27, 2020.
PIA25410:
InSight-Detected Impact in May 2020
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was first detected by the agency's InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA25409:
InSight-Detected Impact in February 2021
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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These craters were formed by a September 5, 2021, meteoroid impact on Mars, the first to be detected by NASA's InSight.
PIA25408:
InSight Detects an Impact for the First Time
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper elevations of Olympus Mons, including part of the summit caldera.
PIA25476:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-23 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, or in its second selfie, taken in March and April of 2019.
PIA25287:
InSight's Final Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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InSight captured this image of one of its dust-covered solar panels on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25286:
InSight's Dusty Solar Panel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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InSight's solar panels produced roughly 5,000 watt-hours each Martian day, or sol, after the spacecraft touched down in November 2018. But by spring 2022, they were only producing about 500 watt-hours each sol.
PIA25284:
InSight's Power Generation: After Landing and Spring 2022
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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This infographic shows how InSight uses a seismometer and quakes to study the inner layers of Mars.
PIA25282:
How InSight Studies Mars' Inner Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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This video includes a seismogram and sonification of the signals recorded by NASA's InSight Mars lander, which detected an estimated magnitude 5 quake on May 4, 2022.
PIA25281:
Seismogram and Sonification of InSight's Big Martian Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-09 Mars InSight
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This seismogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. Estimated at magnitude 5, this quake was discovered by NASA's InSight lander on May 4, 2022.
PIA25180:
InSight's Seismogram of Big Martian Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-09 Mars InSight
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This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. Estimated at magnitude 5, this quake was discovered by NASA's InSight lander on May 4, 2022.
PIA25044:
InSight's Spectrogram of Big Martian Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-15 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander snapped a series of images of the Sun rising and setting on Mars using the camera on its robotic arm on April 10, 2022, the 1,198th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25178:
InSight Captures a Martian Sunrise and Sunset
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA25230:
Olympus Mons Caldera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper slopes of Olympus Mons. Numerous thin lava flows are visible.
PIA25223:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Karzok Crater. This crater is one of two located on the flanks of Olympus Mons.
PIA24993:
Karzok Crater - Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on June 24, 2021 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an impact crater on the southeastern flank of Ascraeus Mons, a notable volcano in the Tharsis Plateau.
PIA24919:
Impact Craters as Windows to What Lies Beneath
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on July 11, 2021 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows light-toned layered deposits adjacent to the walls of northwestern Candor Chasma.
PIA24911:
When Did the Light-Toned Layers Form?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA24885:
Olympus Mons Summit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the lower flank of Olympus Mons.
PIA24852:
Olympus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a circular feature, part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA24826:
Olympus Mons Summit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-22 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander detected a marsquake, represented here as a seismogram, on July 25, 2019, the 235th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
PIA24761:
Seismogram From Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-03 Mars InSight
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To clean a bit of dust from one of its solar panels, NASA's InSight lander trickled sand above the panel. The wind-borne sand grains then picked up some dust on the panel, enabling the lander to gain about 30 watt-hours of energy per sol on May 22, 2021.
PIA24664:
InSight's Robotic Arm Helps Remove Solar Panel Dust Trickles Sand in the Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander used a scoop on its robotic arm to begin trickling soil over the cable connecting its seismometer to the spacecraft on March 14, 2021. Scientists hope insulating it from the wind will make it easier to detect marsquakes.
PIA24450:
InSight Starts Burying Seismometer's Cable
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-23 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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The location where NASA's Perseverance rover will observe Ingenuity's attempt at powered controlled flight at Mars is called Van Zyl Overlook.
PIA24435:
Van Zyl Overlook
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-14 Mars InSight
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The mole, a heat probe that traveled to Mars aboard NASA's InSight lander, as it looked after hammering on Jan. 9, 2021. After trying since Feb. 28, 2019, to bury the probe, the mission team called an end to their efforts.
PIA24263:
InSight's Mole Comes to Rest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Mars InSight
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This footage from Aug. 19, 2019, shows a replica of InSight scraping soil with a scoop on the end of its robotic arm in a test lab at JPL. On Mars, InSight will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
PIA24099:
Replica of InSight's Arm Practices Scraping
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight retracted its robotic arm on Oct. 3, 2020, revealing where the spike-like mole is trying to burrow into Mars. In the coming months, the arm will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
PIA24098:
InSight's Arm Pulls Back, Revealing the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Mars InSight
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The movement of sand grains in the scoop on the end of NASA InSight's robotic arm suggests that the spacecraft's self-hammering mole had begun tapping the bottom of the scoop while hammering on June 20, 2020.
PIA23896:
NASA InSight's Mole Taps the Bottom of the Lander's Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows some of the tectonic faults in the Tharsis region.
PIA23943:
Tharsis Tectonics
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows flank flows on the east side of Olympus Mons.
PIA23928:
Olympus Mons Lava Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA23818:
Olympus Mons Summit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-21 Mars InSight
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InSight recently moved its robotic arm closer to its digging device, called the mole, in preparation to push on its top, or back cap.
PIA23622:
InSight Prepares to Push on the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-21 Mars InSight
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This test using an engineering model of the InSight lander here on Earth shows how the spacecraft on Mars will use its robotic arm to press on a digging device, called the mole.
PIA23619:
Robotic Arm Pushes on a Model of the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, taken on Nov. 30, 2010, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a Mars dust tower, a concentrated cloud of dust that can be lofted dozens of miles above the surface.
PIA23513:
A Mars Dust Tower Stands Out
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the vast lava flow field of Daedalia Planum.
PIA23540:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-06 Mars InSight
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The shadow of NASA InSight's robotic arm moves over its heat probe on Nov. 3, 2019, the 333rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA23512:
InSight's Arm Camera Stares Into the Pit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-28 Mars InSight
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In this image from Oct. 26, 2019, InSight's heat probe is seen after backing about halfway out of the hole it had burrowed.
PIA23213:
InSight's Heat Probe Partially Backs Out of Hole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-17 Mars InSight
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This animation shows NASA InSight's heat probe, or 'mole,' digging about a centimeter (half an inch) below the surface.
PIA23379:
Pinning Helps the Mole Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-03 Mars InSight
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NASA InSight's robotic arm will use its scoop to pin the spacecraft's heat probe, or 'mole,' against the wall of its hole.
PIA23373:
Preparing to Pin the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-23 Mars InSight
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This animation illustrates NASA's InSight lander touching down on Mars, its thrusters setting a rock in motion.
PIA23345:
Rolling Stones Rock (Animation)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-23 Mars InSight
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The rock in the center of this image was tossed about 3 feet (1 meter) by NASA's InSight spacecraft as it touched down on Mars on November 26, 2018.
PIA23349:
Rolling Stones Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-01 Mars InSight
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On June 28, 2019, NASA's InSight lander used its robotic arm to move the support structure for its digging instrument. This view was captured by the Instrument Deployment Camera.
PIA23309:
Arm Camera: InSight Lifts the Mole's Support Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-01 Mars InSight
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On June 28, 2019, NASA's InSight lander used its robotic arm to move the support structure for its digging instrument. This view was captured by the fisheye Instrument Context Camera.
PIA23308:
Fisheye Camera: InSight Lifts the Mole's Support Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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The robotic arm on NASA's Mars InSight lander moves in place over the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) and opens the fingers of its grapple in this series of images from June 1, 2019.
PIA23277:
Getting Ready to Help InSight's Heat Probe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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In a JPL lab, a replica of NASA InSight's robotic arm presses with its scoop on crushed garnet near a replica of the spacecraft's self-hammering 'mole.'
PIA23276:
Testing How InSight's Arm Will Push on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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The self-hammering mole, part of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) on NASA's InSight lander, was only partially buried in the soil of Mars as of early June 2019, as shown in this illustration.
PIA23274:
Current Position of InSight's Mole (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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Engineers in a Mars-like test area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory try possible strategies to aid the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) on NASA's InSight lander, using engineering models of the lander, robotic arm and instrument.
PIA23272:
JPL Engineers Test Heat Probe Strategies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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The support structure of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument moved slightly during hammering, as indicated by the circular 'footprints' around the instrument's footpads.
PIA23271:
Signs of the Heat Probe Shifting on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-06 Mars InSight
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This is NASA InSight's second full selfie on Mars. Since taking its first selfie, a thin coating of dust now covers the spacecraft.
PIA23203:
InSight's Dusty Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander used the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the end of its robotic arm to image this sunset on Mars on April 25, 2019.
PIA23202:
InSight Images a Sunset on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander used its Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the spacecraft's robotic arm to image this sunrise on Mars on April 24, 2019.
PIA23201:
InSight Images a Sunrise on Mars
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NASA's InSight used its Instrument Context Camera (ICC) beneath the lander's deck to image these drifting clouds at sunset. This series of images was taken on April 25, 2019.
PIA23180:
InSight Images Clouds on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-23 Mars InSight
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This image shows NASA's InSight lander's domed Wind and Thermal Shield, which covers its seismometer. The image was taken on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA23177:
InSight's Seismometer on the Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-11 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight spacecraft captured this panorama of its landing site on Dec. 9, 2018, the 14th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
PIA23140:
InSight Sol 14 Panorama
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-12 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander took this series of images on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, capturing the moment when Phobos, one of Mars' moons, crossed in front of the Sun and darkened the ground around the lander.
PIA23049:
InSight's Arm Camera Observes Phobos Eclipse
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NASA's InSight lander took this series of images on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, capturing the moment when Phobos, one of Mars' moons, crossed in front of the Sun and darkened the ground around the lander.
PIA23048:
InSight's Deck Camera Observes Phobos Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-13 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander set its heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3), on the Martian surface on Feb. 12, 2019.
PIA23046:
HP3 on the Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-04 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on Feb. 2, 2019 (sol 66). The shield covers InSight's seismometer, which was set down onto the Martian surface on Dec. 19, 2018.
PIA22959:
InSight Deploys its Wind and Thermal Shield
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA22973:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-20 Mars InSight
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A fish-eye view of NASA's InSight lander deploying its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, taken by the spacecraft's Instrument Context Camera (ICC) on Dec. 19, 2018.
PIA22978:
InSight Seismometer in Motion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-20 Mars InSight
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This set of images from the Instrument Deployment Camera shows NASA's InSight lander placing its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone.
PIA22977:
Putting SEIS on the Ground
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander placed its seismometer on Mars on Dec. 19, 2018. This was the first time a spacecraft robotically placed a seismometer onto the surface of another planet.
PIA22956:
SEIS Deployed on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-13 Mars InSight
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This image shows the final landing location of NASA's InSight lander in this annotated image of the surface of Mars, taken by the THEMIS camera on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter in 2015.
PIA22878:
InSight's Final Location on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-13 Mars InSight
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An annotated image of the surface of Mars, taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) on May 30, 2014. The annotations display the locations of NASA's InSight lander, its heat shield and parachute.
PIA22877:
Locations of InSight, its Heat Shield and its Parachute
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-13 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight spacecraft, its heat shield and its parachute were imaged on Dec. 6 and 11 by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA22875:
InSight on Mars, As Seen by HiRISE
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-11 Mars InSight
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This is NASA InSight's first selfie on Mars. It displays the lander's solar panels and deck. On top of the deck are its science instruments, weather sensor booms and UHF antenna.
PIA22876:
InSight's First Selfie
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This mosaic, composed of 52 individual images from NASA's InSight lander, shows the workspace where the spacecraft will eventually set its science instruments.
PIA22874:
Mosaic of InSight's Workspace
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-07 Mars InSight
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This image shows one of NASA InSight's 7-foot (2.2 meter) wide solar panels as captured by the lander's Instrument Deployment Camera, which is fixed to the elbow of its robotic arm.
PIA22736:
InSight Images a Solar Panel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image shows the surface of Mars, taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) on May 30, 2014. The contrast has been enhanced in this image to better show the region where InSight landed on Nov. 26, 2018.
PIA22927:
Of Wind and Dust Devils on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-06 Mars InSight
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This image shows a partial view of the deck of NASA's InSight lander, where it stands on the Martian plains Elysium Planitia.
PIA22873:
Partial View of Insight's Robotic Arm and Deck
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-06 Mars InSight
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This image shows InSight's robotic arm, with its scoop and stowed grapple, poised above the Martian soil.
PIA22872:
Insight's Robotic Arm Over Martian Soil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-06 Mars InSight
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This image from InSight's robotic-arm mounted Instrument Deployment Camera shows the instruments on the spacecraft's deck, with the Martian surface of Elysium Planitia in the background.
PIA22871:
Full View of InSight's Deck and Two Science Instruments
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight spacecraft flipped open the lens cover on its Instrument Context Camera (ICC) on Nov. 30, 2018, and captured this view of Mars.
PIA22893:
InSight's First View of Mars with the Cover Off
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight spacecraft unlatched its robotic arm on Nov. 27, 2018, the day after it landed on Mars.
PIA22892:
Unlatching InSight's Arm
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This image of Olympia Undae from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft was collected during north polar summer. The dunes are now completely frost free and are dark in color due to being made of basaltic sand.
PIA22295:
Investigating Mars: Olympia Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-25 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander will land on Elysium Planitia on Mars. This image shows the candidate landing spot, a flat-smooth plain just north of the equator.
PIA22232:
InSight's Landing Site: Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-12-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The two largest ice sheets in the inner solar system are here on Earth, Antarctica and Greenland. The third largest is at the South Pole of Mars and a small part of it is shown in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
PIA22125:
Layered Ice Near the South Pole of Mars
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter covers a small central portion of the Hellas Planitia basin, the largest visible impact basin in the Solar System, and shows a dune field with lots of dust devil trails.
PIA22052:
Squiggles in Hellas Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows one of Mars' South Polar residual cap where ice remains even after the peak of summer arrives.
PIA21880:
Patterns Unique, Yet Familiar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-07-20 Mars Hubble Space Telescope
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The sharp eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the tiny moon Phobos during its orbital trek around Mars.
PIA21837:
NASA's Hubble Sees Martian Moon Orbiting the Red Planet Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows regions of geologic diversity within an unnamed crater, formed in the Southern highlands of Mars.
PIA21654:
Gullies and Craters and Dunes, Oh My!
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